Womb - The Place Of Rent In Kishwar Desai’s Origins Of Love

Abstract

Kishwar Desai’s novel Origins of Love sprouts with the reality of surrogacy industry in the present day India. Arrival of child to a parent gives the fulfillment in their marital life and the child gives an identity to them. But the barren life of every woman seems to be tragical in our society and also in abroad. In order to get away from their barren life modern women goes on to search for a surrogate to get a child of her own. Desai as a journalist receives the first-hand experience about the hard reality of surrogate life and presented in her novel with great originality. This paper focuses on the incrusted life of surrogates and the reason for their unbearable pains. The study gives the outlook of how the clinics are becoming the successful entrepreneur by using the innocent woman’s womb as the place of rent. It also enforces adoption as a noble work to save the life of humans who are starving for love and care.